CURRENT EXHIBIT: March 1- March 31, 2010
This month BICA Gallery is pleased to present NEW WORKS by metal sculptor Andrew Wachs, abstract mixed media artists JoEllyn Loehr, Craig Davidson, ALXSw and Colleen Dougherty.
Meet the artists and enjoy drinks and eats with opening night pricing incentives.
Wachs is a local designer and fabricator of architectural metal work, furniture and fine art. For his current body of work, Wachs revisits his Columnar Basalt inspired relief panel series fabricated from sheet steel. This new work is derived from the many bands of hanging basalt he has studied throughout Central and Eastern Oregon.
Loehr will exhibit various bold abstract paintings ranging from smaller 24×24 works to large scale 48×60 works. Loehr’s process is to allow marks, colors, and shapes to accumulate, be modified, and often erased by abrasion or layering, and over time, a working surface is built, destroyed, and rebuilt. There is a balance between finished and raw, dull and bright, areas of gestural activity and areas of calm, between grace and awkwardness.
Davidson’s working process often begins in response to an initial series of marks, a field of color, or the relationship of shapes - all are entry points that generate content, and expand into more complex imagery that unfolds and changes. Because of this continual exploration of insertion and omission, the surfaces of his work become heavily layered which simultaneously conceals and reveals previously completed compositions, akin to a pentimento effect.
ALXSw (Alexis West) will be exhibiting new abstract mixed media works including “5-five” which is fresh from the Coos Bay Art Museum and will be on display along with work which was shown at the 2009 Biennalede’l Arte Contemponarea, in Florence, Italy, this past December. She was one of twenty international artists awarded the President’s Award from over 800 participating artists. Congratulations Alexis!
Dougherty will be displaying a continuation of her metallic and patina series. Her works reflect her attraction to aged metals that are weathered due to natural elements. She recreates the aging process on canvas, allowing for patina greens and blues to react to the metal within the paints, creating depth and intensity.
Gallery hours: Thursday - Saturday 12 - 6 pm and by appointment.
Show runs thru the end of March.
Ride the GREEN ENERGRY BUS between NWX, Downtown and The Old Mill.